My Stuff

I walked into the kitchen and saw this pile sitting in the middle of the otherwise uncluttered floor. It was obvious that Layton had done it very deliberately, it is all of his favorite things. I asked him "What is this?" and he looked at me like, duh and said "my stuff". I can't get over how funny he is, I really am laughing most of the time with him lately.

(which by the way, we have been doing "Love and Logic" which could be a whole different post but it is working great, if anyone is having classic 2 year old and up problems check out this book, it has made such a difference")

Brodericks visit

Our good friends and cruising buddies and also our photographer, moved to AZ and we hardly ever get to see them, they were driving through yesterday and stopped for a quick visit. Not long enough, but they were anxious to get going with a 8 hour drive still ahead of them.

Layton woke up right when they got here so he was a little cranky at first. but he warmed up and the kids had a lot of fun playing together.


Oops, Lance has food in his mouth. To bad, I only got a picture of the back of Matt.

Thanks for the visit Matt and Jamie it was so good to see you and we CAN'T WAIT for you to move back!

President Obama?

Wow, big day for the USA. To quote Obama's acceptance speech: "I may not have won your vote today, but I hear your cries, and I am your president"

Very true, No you did not win my vote. But I feel like it is so important for our country to be unified and I am doing everything I can to listen to, and understand the views of the new President. I want to try my hardest to support him and help toward the effort of becoming a united country rather than a country that is split. I wish that everyone would have given President Bush this same consideration, and because of that. I am trying.

Quirks

Hey, I've been tagged by Lori. This is one that I always enjoy reading about others, so I better play along.

Rules; 1 Link the person who tagged you. 2 Mention the rules on your blog. 3 Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours

1. I am not a clean freak by any means, but I hate clutter. If only 1 or 2 things are out of place I feel like the house is totally filthy. Almost OCD probably, I really like things in there place.

2. I have gotten addicted to blogging in general. Everything we do I am always taking pictures for the blog and checking others blogs all the time. Lance thinks I have a problem, but he would be sad if his family didn't know what we were up to, wouldn't he?

3. I HATE when Lance doesn't scoot his chair in, or shut the cupboard after he uses it. Seriously, how hard is it to shut a cupboard? They pretty much shut themselves! Yet, somehow my kitchen is always full of random placed chairs and open cupboards. We have had many discussions on the topic :)

4. I always lift up my feet and touch something metal in the car when I drive over a cattle guard. My friends and I always used to when we were younger, I don't know why I still do.

5. I always hold my breath through tunnels, gets rough on the long ones. They say it is good luck

6. If I see a clock with all the same numbers like 11:11 or 5:55 I kiss my fingers and touch it, then you can make a wish.

Well, what a relief. Now everybody knows what a weirdo I am :)

Raspberries

Parker has started to blow raspberries all the time. He is so funny about it. He does it while he eats, he does it while he plays, I was putting him to sleep the other day and he even started doing it in his sleep! He thinks it is so funny and Layton does too. Anytime anyone blows raspberries to him he will always do it back. Funny boy :)

Family Pictures

When we went to Rush Valley last weekend we got family pictures while we were there. Jamie just e-mailed me a preview this morning. I love them, she did such a great job. But she always does, so no suprise there.

Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween day.

First thing in the morning, in their Halloween Jammies. Parker was not impressed with getting pictures taken so early.

They wore these super cute hoodies for the day around town. We did errands and went to playgroup and everyone loved them.

Our ward did a trunk-or-treat, which I loved. It is so nice to have everyone all together. Fun for the parents too, we got to see our friends and have a fun night. Plus, very safe!

Layton was so excited about getting candy, he never gets it at home. Only suckers at the bank (he loves going to the bank), so he couldn't believe people were just GIVING it to him. After every single car he would stop and want to eat the candy right there. Pretty slow process.

Parker was happy and had fun, everyone loved him. Cutest batman ever.

The bowl of candy I left on our porch was completely empty when we got home, I know for sure there weren't that many trick-or-treaters. I hope whoever took it feels good about themselves today. I guess they are only kids, plus they are all hopped up on sugar. What can you expect?